Mavericks DeShawn Stevenson New Job as Tattoo Artist (Photos)

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Someone needs to let Stevenson know that the Lockout is over and he can come back to his day job.

Then again this is someone who has Abe Lincoln on his neck, so I digress.

Dallas Mavericks star DeShawn Stevenson has a fallback plan in case the new NBA deal falls apart — TATTOO ARTIST — and TMZ has learned he got his first crack at human flesh earlier this week.

The honchos at Fallen Sparrow Tattoo Co. tell us … Stevenson rolled in with friends Monday … but instead of being the canvas, the NBA star thought it would be a good idea to take the needle and do some designing on someone else.